Yesterday, I left Kingston and drove to Ferry on the border of St. Catherine to meet Junior. We were exchanging produce. I brought water lilies which were on sale at Hope Botanical Gardens and he brought a cornucopia of vegetables, lovingly sent by Aunt Pearl in St. Elizabeth, the "Bread Basket Parish" of Jamaica. What fair exchange!

I came home and sank my teeth into a huge, deep red, juicy and sweet, vine-ripened tomato. It was so good!

Today we will be stewing tomatoes and baking home-made vegetable lasagnas for our guests from London.